Cross Country Team Competes in Condor League Meet

The Earwigs traveled to Thacher School for the first Condor League Meet of the season.  The boys' team tied for 5th place against OVS out of seven schools.  We had a couple of highlights, Robby Bracker finished in first place for Dunn School.  In second place for Dunn, freshman Preston Hughes, followed by Morgan Sinclaire, and in fourth place another freshman Matt Mori.  The two freshmen boys are doing fantastic. They have made an impact on the team, they are enthusiastic and motivated to work hard and are not afraid to compete. The two girls on the Dunn team, Audrey Pecot and Emily Hemming, finished the race together and are working very hard to stay healthy and improve their times.  Next Condor League Meet is at Cate, on October 12 at 3:00 pm. 

Lightening Stops Dunn Football's Opener with Earwigs Ahead 14-0

The Dunn football team departed campus on Friday afternoon for a game in Maricopa. First game jitters were apparent to the coaching staff, but the boys did a great job hiding them from the opposition.  The Earwigs put together three long clock-chewing drives during the one half of play, two of which resulted in scores. The game was called shortly after the opening of the second half due to lightening with the score 14-0 in Dunn’s favor. 

During the first quarter Dunn drove the ball to the one yard line where Spencer Huttmann punched it in for the first points of the season.  Late in the second quarter Dunn drove the ball down the field again, this time to the Indians 25 yard line. Coming out of a timeout Huttmann hit Cody Boal for a 25 yard touchdown pass with 42 seconds left in the half. 

Bryce McKibbin had a great game carrying the ball, amassing 77 yards on 22 carries in the first half alone. The lightning spoiled his bid for a truly big statistical night. Freshman Alex Knightley also made a splash scoring a two point conversion and lead blocking for McKibbin on one side of the ball while starting at middle linebacker on the defensive side. Knightley has had a great preseason, and the coaching staff plans on continuing to use him all over the field. Geoff Billock also had a great game at outside linebacker making numerous tackles and pressuring the quarterback on several plays. Patrick Daniel, a first-time varsity starter, came up with a big interception and played well on offence as well. 

The Earwigs are entering a bye week during which the coaching staff will focus the varsity on the match up with Hillcrest Christian in two weeks while getting the JV squad ready for their first game vs Thacher at home on October 5^th. Check the Dunn School website for a complete schedule and roster.

Los Padres National Forest Rangers Thank Dunn

Los Padres National Forest Rangers Thank Dunn

Season Preview: Girls' Volleyball

The 2011 Girls' Volleyball team is all fired up for the coming season. This year's team features eight returners, including solid sophomore players Andie de Werd and Emma Andersen. Under the excellent leadership of captains Maddie Carroll and Sophia McGee, the team is hoping to have greater success in the league this year after a couple of tough losses last season.

It should be a very exciting season for this young but experienced team!

Joe Eisaguirre Named to All Santa Barbara Baseball Team

The All-Santa Barbara Baseball Team was announced today and Joe Eisaguirre '11 was named to the team as an infielder. This is the third time a Dunn player has been named to the team in the last eight years. Kevin Kline '04 and Stan Bray '08.

Dunn Baseball Ends Season in Semi-Final Playoff Game

Dunn's Baseball team concluded its most successful season in school history yesterday with a loss to Animo Leadership School in the CIF semi-final game.

For a full report, click on to: http://www.santamariatimes.com/high-school/article_605769f0-8c20-11e0-b299-001cc4c03286.html

Baseball Wins 6-1, Plays in Semis on Tuesday

Freshman Ryan Layton pitched six strong innings and the offense took advantage of a couple of errors and a number of hard hits in the second inning that resulted in five runs to win the quarterfinal CIF game.  The Earwigs will play again on Tuesday at home. 

Watch here for more details in the next day.

Baseball Team Takes Second CIF Playoff Game

The Earwigs ventured five hours south to play St. Michael's Prep in the second round of CIF-SS playoffs on Tuesday. After getting off to a slow start, the Earwigs erupted for 6 runs in the fourth inning on three hits and capitalized on four St. Michael's errors. The team tacked on insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Earwigs had 13 hits, including three by Jake Eisaguirre and two by Connor McMorrow, Joe Eisaguirre, Cody Boal and Dominic Lawrence. Freshman Ryan Layton recorded the victory, running his win-loss record to 5-0. Ryan came in with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the third with the score 2-3 and worked out of the jam without giving up a run. The team now plays Hillcrest Christian on Friday in Granada Hills at 3:15pm. If you would like to attend the game, it will be played at Master's College, 21726 Placerita Canyon Rd, Newhall, CA 91321


 Dunn's record is now 16-3. Thank you to those fans who came out to cheer the Earwigs!

Baseball Wins Opening CIF Game

The Dunn School baseball team opened the first round of playoffs with a resounding 19-3 victory over visiting Delphi Academy. All 17 Earwig players got into the game and collectively pounded out 20 hits, including two triples by Geoff Billock, two doubles by Connor McMorrow and a double by Joe Eisaguirre. Geoff, Connor and Joe also scored 11 runs. On the mound, Ryan Layton and Jake Harris combined to limit Delphi to seven singles and three runs (two earned), while striking out nine total hitters and walking one. The Earwigs play St. Michael's Prep from Silverado on Tuesday afternoon in an away game at 3:15pm. If you want to make the game, St. Michael's Prep is located at 19292 El Toro Rd, Silverado, CA 92676. The Earwigs are now 15-3 overall. Thank you to everyone for your support and go Earwigs.

Coach Dorlarque Records 100th Victory

Aaron Dorlarque, Dunn's baseball coach for the past ten seasons, traveled with his team to Orcutt last Friday and returned with his 100th win in that position.  The former Stanford hurler who went on to play professional baseball, brings a thorough knowledge of the game and a great ability to teach a winning attitude.  Congratulations to Coach Dorlarque and here's to one hundred more!

The Earwigs wrapped up the regular season with a five-inning 12-1 road victory over Orcutt Academy in Santa Maria on Friday afternoon. Senior Joe Eisaguirre and sophomore Jake Harris both pitched great, combining on a one-hitter, walking two and giving up one run while striking out six. The Earwigs pounded out 12 hits, including doubles by Joe Eisaguirre (two), Jake Eisaguirre and Cody Boal. Jake Eisaguirre also drove in four runs, while Joe, Jay Gould and Dominic Lawrence each drove in two Earwig runners. The Earwigs finish the season 14-3 overall and a perfect 10-0 in the Condor League. The team is on an 11-game winning streak, ranked #5 in CIF-SS Division VII and Maxpreps and will host a first-round playoff game on Friday, May 20th at 3:15pm.

Boys' Tennis Wins First CIF Match

Dunn Boys' Tennis won its first round of the Division IV CIF playoffs against Templeton High School by a score of 11-7. Templeton finished its regular season as the Los Padres #2 team with a regular season record of 14-4, finishing right behind Santa Ynez High School. The Dunn boys played an excellent match and dominated the doubles by winning 6 out of the 9 matches. The doubles team of Jacob Bronfman and Ohm Sirimongkolkasem were the highlight of the day by winning all three of their sets (6-0,6-2,6-1). The singles were carried by #1 Allen Lee winning all three of his sets (6-1,6-1,6-1). Dunn will wait to find out its next opponent and will play on Friday.


Dunn School 11
Templeton High School 7

Individual Scores:

Dunn 1st singles: Allen Lee 3-0
Dunn 2nd singles: Kyle Nelson 1-2
Dunn 3rd singles: Ryan Yau 1-2

Dunn 1st doubles: WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau 2-1
Dunn 2nd doubles: Jacob Bronfman/Ohm Sirimongkolkasem 3-0
Dunn 3rd doubles: Joseph Cho/Jack Lee 1-2

Dunn Student Creates iPhone App

First published on May 9, 2011 in Toy Dispatch.com.

Young iPhone App Creator - Flying Fatress Earns His Allowances

Most high school students are content loading iPhone apps designed by other people. High school freshman Connor Rodriguez wasn’t, however, which is why he created an iPhone app that’s now for sale through the iTunes store.

Available for just $.99, Flying Fatress is a simple but highly addictive mobile game. The objective is to bounce the scantily clad Fatress on beach chairs for sodas and donuts, but be careful because vegetables will ruin her snack.

Rodriguez, 15, is in his first year at the Dunn School in Los Olivos, Calif., having graduated from Aspen Country Day School in Aspen, Colo., last year. He taught himself how to make iPhone apps for Apple using a textbook and YouTube training videos. Much trial and error was involved in creating the mobile game, but it was worth it in the end for him, particularly because of the satisfaction he got when Apple agreed his iPhone app was worthy of a price tag instead of making it free like so many thousands of others. Making some extra money has been a nice result, too, of course.

“I like making iPhone apps and enjoyed doing something that customers would like,” Rodriguez said. “It’s something I could create on my own terms. Flying Fatress is a funny mobile game and it was an original idea, which was important to me.”

A Flying Fatress update, Version 1.2 of this addicting mobile game, is pending, and Rodriguez hopes to expand his burgeoning empire by making apps for others in addition to himself. Of course, this is all done in his spare time when he’s not hitting the books.

Flipping burgers or diving for digital donuts to make some extra dough? Which would you rather do if you were in high school, work at a mindless job or develop iPhone apps? The choice is clear. Could this be the future of teen employment?

Baseball Posts Another W

"The #5 ranked Dunn Earwigs hosted the Ojai Spuds in a non-league contest in Los Olivos on Saturday morning. Down 4-5 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning, the Earwigs put together four hits and capitalized on a hit batsman and an error to plate five runs and took a 9-5 lead. Ojai managed two runs in the top of the seventh before freshman pitcher Ryan Layton entered the game and picked a runner off first base to stop the bases loaded threat and record his first save. Every player on Dunn got into the game and five pitchers split up seven innings of work. Senior Connor McMorrow had three hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs for the Earwigs. Junior Geoff Billock and freshman Dominic Lawrence each had two hits for Dunn which hosts Valley Christian Academy of Santa Maria on Tuesday at 4pm. Dunn is now 11-3 overall and 9-0 in the Condor League."

Dunn Wins Condor Tennis Doubles Championship; Takes Second Place Too

The Condor League Doubles Championship was held today at Cate School. Cate, Dunn, and Laguna Blanca each sent two teams to play a round robin championship. The Dunn doubles team of Allen Lee/Ryan Yau won the championship by beating both Cate teams and Laguna Blanca teams to go 4-0 for the day. The Dunn doubles team of WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau tied for second place with the Cate team of Grant Redmond/Chris Liu with records of 3-1. The tie-breaker was determined by number of games won divided by games played. Dunn won the tie-breaker by winning 24/38 (63%) to Cate's 24/39 (62%). This is the first time that Dunn has won the doubles championship and the first time that two Dunn teams will represent the Condor League in the CIF Doubles Championship.


Doubles Results:

Allen Lee/ Ryan Yau (Dunn) defeated Gregory Mak/Ahmed Bou-Rabee (Cate) 7-5

Allen Lee/ Ryan Yau (Dunn) defeated Grant Redmond/Chris Liu (Cate) 7-5

Allen Lee/ Ryan Yau (Dunn) defeated Tristan Prinz/Ben Furukawa (Laguna) 6-2

Allen Lee/ Ryan Yau (Dunn) defeated Benji Sorensen/Chris Burke (Laguna) 6-2

WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau (Dunn) defeated Gregory Mak/Ahmed Bou-Rabee (Cate) 7-5

WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau (Dunn) lost to Grant Redmond/Chris Liu (Cate) 5-7

WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau (Dunn) defeated Tristan Prinz/Ben Furukawa (Laguna) 6-1

WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau (Dunn) defeated Benji Sorensen/Chris Burke (Laguna) 6-1

Girls Lacrosse Ends Strong

By Maddy Carroll
Dunn Student Journalist

Dunn Girls lacrosse traveled to Midland School on Friday the 29th and won, 15-13.  Dunn was down one coach, as Head Coach Susie Childs had to step in as the referee due to a scheduling conflict.  Christy Davidge took the position as head coach readily.  “The five Seniors led the team in good transitions from offense to defense, almost all of them scored a goal.  All of our shots are what kept us in the lead throughout the game.”

This game marked an end to the 2011 season, and the team agrees that although they had fewer girls on the team this year, they all improved dramatically throughout the season.  The Seniors this year were praised in front of the school assembly on Friday by the rest of the players.  The Seniors, Janaya Reid, Julia Jones, Nikole Layton, Mary Essa, and Sazan Pasori, will be missed.  Dunn will be looking to a solid Freshmen core. The team finished with an overall record in the Condor League of 3-3.  “I think we performed well even though most of our players were new this year,” said Janaya Reid when asked about the overall season.  Mary Essa agrees, “I think we had a great season overall.  I am going to miss bonding with my team mates.  I loved playing ‘hey cow’ with my whole team on the way back from Midland.”  The season has come to a close and the coaches are eagerly awaiting next season and hope that new girls will come and try out the sport.  

Baseball Team Wins Condor Championship and #1 Seed at CIF

Wednesday, April 27th - The Dunn baseball team traveled to Carpinteria to play Cate in a pivotal Condor League. Both teams entered the game with 6-0 records in the Condor League and Cate entered the game as the #1 ranked Division VII baseball team in the CIF-Southern Section with an 11-0 overall record. Senior Joe Eisaguirre shut down the Cate offense for the first four innings, helped by outstanding defense from third baseman Corbin Meyer who recorded six outs on the day. The Earwigs built a 6-0 lead on offense before Cate mounted a comeback in the fifth inning. The inning saw several infield hits and two walks and Cate had clawed its way back into the game 6-4. After the Earwigs put another run on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the score 7-4, Cate scored two more runs to make the score 7-6 going into the final frame. Freshman Ryan Layton gave up a single in the bottom of the seventh with one out, but struck out the final two Cate hitters to preserve the victory and hand Cate their first lost and give Dunn the Condor League lead in front of many nervous Dunn parents.

Saturday, April 30th - After a close 7-6 victory earlier in the week, the Earwigs hosted the Rams in another key Condor League game. A victory would give Dunn the outright Condor League championship and a Cate win would mean sharing the title. In front of about 100 alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends of Dunn School, the Earwig baseball team put on a show. Freshman left-handed pitcher Ryan Layton pitched five shutout innings and the offense led by freshman Bryce McKibbin (2 hits and a stolen base) built a 6-0 lead through the first five innings. Freshmen Jake Eisaguirre brought the crowd to its feet with an amazing diving catch to record the third out in the fifth inning with the bases loaded. However, Cate battled back in the top of the sixth inning with five runs on two hits, three walks, a hit batsman and an error. With the bases loaded and no outs, McKibbin was able to get out of the jam with the Earwigs still on top 6-5. In the top of the seventh inning, the lead runner got on for Cate School. With one out and the tying runner on second base, Cody Boal made one of the top defensive plays of the year by going back on a deep fly ball that he caught just in front of the center field wall for the second out of the inning. After a walk and a passed ball, Cate had runners on second and third base. After many foul balls, McKibbin was able to get Cate's batter to fly out to Joe Eisaguirre at shortstop to end the game. The victory assured Dunn the outright Condor League championship with an 8-0 Condor League record and an overall record of 9-3. On May 2, the new CIF-SS polls came out and Dunn is now ranked #5 in Division VII, while Cate dropped to #8. Dunn is assured a #1 seed and a home game for playoffs which are scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 19th.

Golf Team on Par for Second Undefeated Season

Today's victory for the Dunn Golf Team over a very competitive Santa Ynez High School by six strokes continues an undefeated season for a second year in a row.  Jonny Hogan led all players by carding a 37 in the nine hole competition.  Aaron Hou, Michael Tseng, Tashi Richter Valdes, Arden Chan, and Trevor Whelan made up the rest of the Dunn team who labeled Chan the hero of the day as he recorded one of his best scores of the past two seasons.  The defending Condor League Champions close out the season with a home match against Cate on May 4th.

Baseball Team Beats Cate

Dunn's Baseball Team beat Cate 7-6 today and are now in first place in the Condor League. The team plays Cate again Saturday to either tie for first place or remain in first place.  More details to follow.

Dunn's boys tennis team has clinched a CIF berth!!

The boys beat Laguna Blanca 10-8 in a grueling three hour match. The match was tied 3-3 after the first round, 7-5 after the second round, but in the third round the experience of our junior and senior singles players helped Dunn to secure a second seed in the Condor League. The hero of the day was Dunn's #3 singles player Ryan Yau with his 6-3 victory against Laguna's #1 singles player Troy Ritter. Ryan had lost to Laguna's #2 singles player the set before but Ryan was able to outlast Troy for a tremendous win. The other singles players, Allen Lee and Kyle Nelson, continued their season long dominating performance by winning all three of their sets. Dunn will play Cate to decide who will be the Condor League Champion this Friday. Cate beat Dunn 4-14 last week but Dunn is hoping to avenge the loss.
Overall Record 9-1, League Record 4-1

Dunn School 10

Laguna Blanca 8

Individual Scores:

Dunn 1st singles: Allen Lee 3-0

Dunn 2nd singles: Kyle Nelson 3-0

Dunn 3rd singles: Ryan Yau 2-1

Dunn 1st doubles: WooJin Choi/Brandon Yau 1-2

Dunn 2nd doubles: Jacob Bronfman/Jack Lee 0-3

Dunn 3rd doubles: Joseph Cho/Ohm Sirimongkolkasem 1-2

Lots of Love for Boys' Tennis Team

Dunn Boys' Tennis won yet another game today against their out of conference opponent Bishop Diego 13 - 5. All three singles players Allen Lee, Kyle Nelson, and Ryan Yau swept all of their matches. The doubles team of Joseph Cho and Ohm Sirimongkolkasem, The number three doubles team for Dunn continues to improve and in doing so won 2 out of their 3 sets. This goes to show how truly deep and determined this team is. The Dunn boys varsity tennis now stands at an overall record of 7-0, and a league record  of 2-0. " This match has been the closest scoring match since Laguna at the beginning of the season, but the whole team feels confident that we will be able to keep up this winning streak throughout the rest of the season," Jack Lee states." If we win against Thacher and Cate this week we will have a guarantied spot in the CIF playoffs."